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Particolored flying squirrel

Hylopetes alboniger (Hodgson, 1836)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) is a species in the family Sciuridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 240 g to 255.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger)
Photo: Giant Eland · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the particolored flying squirrel

Weight
240 g – 255.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.33src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the particolored flying squirrel live?

Not recorded

What is the particolored flying squirrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel (Priapomys leonardi) was formerly considered a subspecies of H. alboniger, but phylogenetic analysis revealed that it occupies a completely different place in the taxonomy of flying squirrels, and it as thus classified as a distinct species in its own genus.

From the Wikipedia article “Particolored flying squirrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Particolored_flying_squirrel&oldid=1373386694), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the particolored flying squirrel endangered?

The particolored flying squirrel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the particolored flying squirrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familySciuridae
  6. genusHylopetes
  7. SpeciesHylopetes alboniger (Hodgson, 1836)

Synonyms Pteromys leachii, Sciuropterus alboniger, Sciuropterus turnbulli

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • African linsangEnglish
  • African linsangEnglish
  • বহুরঙা উড়ন্ত কাঠবিড়ালিBangla
  • poletuška černobíláCzech
  • SchwarzweißgleithörnchenGerman
  • Schwarzweißes GleithörnchenGerman
  • nepalinliituriFinnish
  • ソメワケクサビオモモンガJapanese
  • 턴불날다람쥐Korean
  • drzewolotka łaciataPolish
  • Пёстрая летягаRussian
  • Двухцветная летягаRussian
  • กระรอกบินเล็กเขาสูงThai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the particolored flying squirrel

Other species in the same genus Hylopetes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the particolored flying squirrel?

An adult particolored flying squirrel weighs 240 g – 255.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the particolored flying squirrel endangered?

The particolored flying squirrel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the particolored flying squirrel?

The particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) belongs to the family Sciuridae in the order Rodentia.

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BibTeX
@misc{particolored_flying_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/particolored-flying-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}